Muk 85/172 · Brilliant Stars

Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Muk is 85/172, in position 85 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 84 Grimer, and after it is 86 Sneasel. The listed rarity is Rare.

Muk is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Muk (#089), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Grimer. In this catalog that name is Grimer (#088).

Scav illustrated this card. The same name is on 31 other cards in the catalog.

Muk (#089) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Muk 13/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Scav illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 30 other cards of Muk list a different HP.

Sludge Street is listed as Ability. The Retreat Cost of your opponent's Poisoned Pokémon is Colorless more. The attack Shrieking Poison lists 90 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Because they scatter germs everywhere, they've long been targeted for extermination, leading to a steep decline in their population." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Brilliant Stars, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Brilliant Stars set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Muk can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.